Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.
¶ The prayse of a good woman. Of the feare of thre
thynges and of the fourth. Of the Ielouze &abar;d droncken
woman. Of two thynges that cause sorowe,
and of the thyrde which moueth wrath.
A Happye is the man that hath a
verteous wyfe, for the nombre
of his yeares shalbe dubble. An
honest woman maketh her husbande
a ioyfull man, ∧ she shall
fyll þe; yeres of his lyfe in peace. A verteous
woman is a noble gyft, which shalbe geuen
for a good porcion vnto soch as feare God:
Whether a m&abar; be rich or poore, he maye haue
euer a mery herte, and a chearefull co&ubar;tenaunce.
There be thre thinges that my hert
feareth, and my face is afrayed of þe; fourth.
Treason in a cytye, a sedicious people, and
noysome tonges, all these are heuyer then þe;
death. But wh&ebar; one is gelous ouer his wyfe,
it bryngeth payne and sorowe vnto the
hert: and a woman that telleth out all thinges,
is a scourge of þe; tunge. When one hath
an euell wyfe, it is euen as when an vnlyke
payre of oxen must draw together, note he that
getteth her, getteth a scorpyon. A droncken
woman is a greate plage, for she cannot couer
her awne shame.
B The whordome of a wom&abar; maye be knowen
in the pryde of her eyes and eye lyddes.
noteYf thy daughter be not shamefast, holde
her straytlye, lest she abuse her selfe thorow
ouermoch lyberte. Beware of all the dishonestye
of her eyes, and maruell not yf she do
agaynst the. Lyke as one that goeth by the
waye ∧ is thirstie, so shal she op&ebar; her mouth
and dryncke of euery nexte water that she
maye get. By euery hedge shall she sytt her
downe, and open her quyuer agaynst euery
arowe. A louynge wyfe reioyseth her husbande,
and fedeth hys bones wyth her wysdome.
A wom&abar; of fewe wordes is a gyfte of
God, and to al well nurtured myndes maye
nothynge be compared.
C An honest and manerly woman is a gyft
aboue other gyftes, and there is no weyght
to be compared, vnto a mynde that can rule
it selfe. Lyke as the Sunne when it ariseth,
is an ornament in the hye heau&ebar; of þe; Lorde,
so is a verteous wyfe the bewtye of all her
house. Lyke as the cleare lyght is vpon the
holy candelstick, so is the bewtie of the face
vpon an honest body. noteLyke as the golden
pilers are vp&obar; the sockettes of syluer, so are
the fayre legges vpon a woman that hath a
constant mynde. Perpetual are the foundacions
þt; be layed vpon a whole stonye rocke
so are the commaundementes of God vpon
the herte of an holy woman.
D There be two thinges that greue my hert
and in the thirde is a displeasure come vpon
me. Wh&ebar; an experte man of warre suffreth
scarsenes &abar;d pouerte. When men of vnderstandynge
∧ wysdome are not sett by: And
when one departeth from ryghteousnes vnto
synne. Who so doth soch, the Lorde hath
prepared him vnto þe; swerde. There be two
maner of thynges, whych me thyncke to be
herde and perylous. A marchaunt can not
lyghtely kepe him from wr&obar;ge, nether a tauerner
hym selfe from synne.
Great [1540], ¶ The Byble in Englyshe, that is to saye the cont&ebar;t of al the holy scrypture both of þe; olde, and newe testam&ebar;t, with a prologe therinto, made by the reuerende father in God, Thomas archbysshop of Cantorbury, ¶ This is the Byble apoynted to the vse of the churches (Printed by Edward Whytchurche) [word count] [B06000].
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